Learn the skills to grow your business, your community, and tourism across Northern Ontario
Tourism Excellence North (TEN) provides tourism operators, communities, and destinations with the knowledge, connections and training they need to grow and strengthen tourism across Northern Ontario.
Learn at your own pace, online or in-person
Courses and resources for tourism business owners and operators
As a resort owner, every tourism tool that I’ve taken through TEN has taken me to a new level. I think it’s an opportunity that every business should take.
Pat Peterson, Owner
Bruce Bay Cottages and Lighthouse
Courses and tools for destinations, communities, and tourism regions
We came away with some great ideas about who we could target in the community, to work together to actually get a program launched.
Kathleen McGill, Office Manager
Whitesquall Paddling Centre
Current Training Opportunities
IN-PERSON TRAINING
'Building a Quality Tourism Destination' Best Practices MissionConnect directly with entrepreneurs of all sizes who are leaders in attracting and serving visitors. You will see, experience and talk, peer-to-peer, about their successes and challenges. Best Practices Missions (BPM) are one of the best ways to be inspired and to learn.
ONLINE TRAINING
Experience FishingExperience Fishing is a Northern Ontario industry-led initiative that provides participating operators with the tools and resources needed to offer a standardized, safe, and unique fishing experience at their operations to non-angler visitors who are new to the experience of fishing.
ONLINE TRAINING
Experiential Travel Tourism Micro-CredentialCreated in partnership with Tourism Excellence North (TEN) and Destination Northern Ontario (DNO), the Experiential Travel Tourism micro-credential is for learners interested in the theory, practice, and design of Experiential Tourism Development within the unique Northern Ontario setting.
ONLINE TRAINING
OPTIS/NOPTIS Micro-CredentialThe Ontario Professional Tourism Industry Specialist (OPTIS) / Northern Ontario Professional Tourism Industry Specialist (NOPTIS) micro-credential programs are designed to empower existing employees by enhancing your skills within your current roles.
At TEN, our goal is to
Strengthen Northern Ontario tourism as a whole
Give tourism operators the skills they need to grow
Create connections between the community partners and destinations